Student Assessment
FAEA's Florida Student Art Assessment
2025 Florida Student Art Assessment Winners
FAEA is happy to announce the 2025 Florida Student Art Assessment (FSAA) winners! Congratulations to the winning students and their teachers! Thank you to BLICK Art Materials, Royal Brush Mfg., and Sam Flax Orlando for sponsoring this year's award prizes.
Thank you to all of the students, teachers, and schools that participated during the 2024-2025 school year.
Best in Show Winner
Natalie Galan
Untethering and Acceptance
drawing
Gibbs High School (Grade 12)
Teacher: Steven Beverage
Best in Show Award sponsored by BLICK Art Materials
Elementary School Winner
Arianna Davis
Old House
mixed media
Sandy Lane Elementary (Grade 3)
Teacher: Tara Cassman
Elementary Award sponsored by BLICK Art Materials
Middle School Winner
Milo Potts
Ignorance is Bliss
drawing
Madeira Beach Fundamental School (Grade 8)
Teacher: Kurt Schuster
Middle School Award sponsored by Royal Brush Mfg.
High School Winner
Angela Scarpitto Prada
Siempre en mi mente (Always on My Mind)
mixed media
Osceola County School for the Arts (Grade 12)
Teacher: Patricia Calderon
High School Award sponsored by Sam Flax Orlando
2025 Prize Structure and Sponsors
Thank you to the sponsors of the 2025 Florida Student Art Assessment!
Best in Show Award - Sponsored by BLICK Art Materials 
Student receives $500 worth of art supplies
Teacher receives $1000 worth of classroom art supplies
Elementary Award - Sponsored in part by BLICK Art Materials
Student receives $100 worth of art supplies
Teacher receives $400 worth of classroom art supplies
Middle School Award - Sponsored by Royal Brush Mfg.
Student receives $100 worth of art supplies
Teacher receives $400 worth of classroom art supplies
High School Award - Sponsored by Sam Flax Orlando
Student receives $100 worth of art supplies
Teacher receives $400 worth of classroom art supplies
2025 Florida Student Art Assessment Overview
The FAEA Florida Student Art Assessment (previously known as the K-12 Student Art Assessment & Virtual Exhibition) is Florida's premier program for assessing student artwork. This program serves as a tool to help visual art teachers develop their art programs, foster performance in the classroom, and celebrate the artistic achievements of Florida's students, teachers, and school art programs. The Florida Student Art Assessment also meets the Florida Seal of Fine Arts requirement for a statewide juried exhibition.
Only one entry per student is allowed, each submission must be created 100% by a single student (no group projects and no teacher embellishment), and content must be appropriate.
Be sure to read our complete submission guidelines and policies here.
Schedule, Deadlines, & Payment
- October 17, 2024 - Submissions Open
- February 9, 2025 - Submissions Close (Deadline extended to February 14, 2025)
- February 28, 2025 - Signed Release Forms* & Payment Due
There is a $5 entry fee per artwork submitted. If your school district is paying for your entries, be sure to enter and generate your invoice and fill out your P.O. in time for the actual payment to reach the FAEA Office no later than February 28, 2025.
*A release form signed by the student, their parent/guardian, and the FAEA member teacher is required for each entry to participate in the Florida Student Art Assessment program. Artwork submissions without a release form submitted on time will not be adjudicated. See the submission guidelines and policies for instructions.
Florida Seal of Fine Arts Juried Event Requirement
The Florida Seal of Fine Arts recognizes the importance and rigor of quality arts education by awarding a graduation seal for high-achieving arts students who meet the Seal's requirements.
FAEA's Florida Student Art Assessment qualifies as a statewide juried event, which is one of the options listed as a requirement for a student to be eligible to receive the Florida Seal of Fine Arts. Click here to learn more about the Seal of Fine Arts.
Selection, Judging Process, and Rubrics
Adjudication takes place in March, and results are sent out in April. The judging process is conducted virtually by a minimum of three judges who have received FAEA training in scoring artworks for exhibition. The jurors work independently of each other. All eligible entries are adjudicated anonymously by the judges (artist name, school, and district are not visible to the judges).
Selection criteria is based on these 4-point rubrics:
Award/Score Classification
- Award of Emerging Artist - score up to 3.0
- Award of Merit - score of 3.0-3.4
- Award of Excellence - score of 3.5-3.9
- Award of Excellence with Distinction - perfect score of 4.0
Entries that receive an "Award of Excellence with Distinction" are featured in a virtual exhibition that highlights all artworks awarded with a perfect score. Entries who received an "Award of Excellence" or an "Award of Excellence with Distinction" have their artwork in their school division's virtual exhibition (Elementary, Middle School, High School).
